Two Worlds Collide
Reading Time: 8 minutes Living a life of decadent skiing isn’t all dream vacations to B.C. powder lodges and sunny slopes in the Alps. For the majority of us working stiffs, skiing means two […]
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Booming Mountain Camps
Reading Time: 4 minutes A spiritual ride for women that tones all levels of the body and mind. By tobias c. van Veen in Buyer’s Guide 2014 issue Training involves not just buffing up […]
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Bring on the Fans
Reading Time: 4 minutes by Tobias c. Van Veen from December 2012 issue Canada’s Own The Podium program focuses hard on Olympic medals, with Olympic wins eclipsing all other World Championship finishes—and Erik Guay […]
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The new world of freeriding
Reading Time: 4 minutes by Tobias c. van Veen from Fall 2012 issue This season (and may it be blessed) will see the long-awaited merger of the Freeride World Tour (herein called the FWT) […]
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Skiing’s gladiators
Reading Time: 4 minutes Skier cross has a strange and storied history in not only the sport of skiing, but in the evolution of skiing itself. The dark roots of skier cross involve nothing more or less […]
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Life Beyond the Gates
Reading Time: 4 minutes by Tobias c van Veen from Spring 2012 issue What happens to racers after they’ve hung up their skis? It’s a question that a lot of athletes either avoid or don’t even consider. […]
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A Bite with Dave Brownlie
Reading Time: 3 minutes Whistler Blackcomb ’s CEO goes beyond the ropes with Ski Canada. by Tobias C. Van Veen Dave Brownlie is not your average CEO. As I chased him down The Bite on […]
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Beyond Whistler
Reading Time: 9 minutes If Whistler Blackcomb’s trail map isn’t big enough for you, there’s plenty more playground accessible by heli, cat and your own two feet. by tobias c. van Veen from 40th […]
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Taking FIS to Task
Reading Time: 5 minutes by tobias c. van Veen from the Fall 2011 issue. The first and only time I saw Jean-Luc Brassard in competition was at the closing finale of the 2002 World Cup Freestyle on […]
Read more »The Whistler Cup’s Killer Kinder
Reading Time: 4 minutes no driver’s licence required by tobias c. van Veen from the Buyer’s Guide 2012 issue. With Lady Gaga cranked from a stereo pitched precariously in the snowbank, a swarm of […]
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Ski culture’s crass class
Reading Time: 3 minutes by tobias c. van Veen from the Spring 2011 issue. All photos: Mike Crane. Underneath the polished veneer of sponsors and competitions of Whistler’s Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival thrives a […]
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